Hello Dennis!
** On Friday 11.09.20 - 09:33, Dennis Katsonis wrote to August Abolins:
I watched a film adaptation of Waiting for Godot, and it was boring. Two people on the side of a road talking. Yet for some reason, I watched to the end...
Yeah.. I vaguely remember hearing about that one. The book was
an assignment in English class. The teacher had a few students
act it out in front of class - I was the donkey. I refused to
commit to writing the essay/study assignment. Hence, the
film probably did not appeal to me 20+ years later.
Seinfeld still had jokes, and didn't rely too heavily on character
quirks, which more contemporary comedies such as Modern Family tend to
do.
Seinfeld *did* have its share of reliance of character quirks:
Kramer - the way he would slide into the apartment to announce
himself and other physical acting, his gibberish and weird
sayings; George - a bit neurotic and slow witted?; Elaine -
gets angry easily; Newman - petty, vindictive and the way
everyone would acknowledge him by saying his name slowy when
he showed up. Well, you get the idea.
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* Origin: Nostalgia is like grammar: You find the past perfect & present tense. (2:221/1.58)